IRMNG - Erpobdella Lamarck, 1818

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Erpobdella Lamarck, 1818

IRMNG_ID

1101714 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1101714)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894

Synonymised names

Erpobdellis Westwood in Blyth, 1840 · unaccepted

Erpopdell Berthold, 1827 · unaccepted

Herpobdella Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Nephalis Berthold, 1827 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Nephelis Savigny, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nephilis Parfitt, 1867 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Erpobdella lahontana Hovingh & Klemm, 1999
Species Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Erpobdella punctata (Leidy, 1870)
Species Erpobdella triannulata Moore, 1908
Species Erpobdella anoculata (Moore, 1898) accepted as Dina anoculata Moore, 1898
Species Erpobdella dubia (Moore & Meyer, 1951) accepted as Dina dubia (Moore & Meyer, 1951)
Species Erpobdella montezuma Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985 accepted as Motobdella montezuma (Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985)
Species Erpobdella parva (Moore, 1912) accepted as Dina parva Moore, 1912

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 296 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Erpobdella Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1101714 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

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Sources (15)
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original description Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 296 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/B.C. Das & J.W. Reynolds, 2003 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/B.C. Das & J.W. Reynolds, 2003 [details]

habitat flag source Sawyer, R. T. (1986). Leech Biology and Behaviour: Feeding Biology, Ecology, and Systematics. Clarendon Press, 1,065 pp. [details]

original description (of Erpopdell Berthold, 1827) Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar. x+606 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 234 [details]

original description (of Erpobdellis Westwood in Blyth, 1840) in Blyth's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd.
page(s): 399 [details]

original description (of Herpobdella Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Nephalis Berthold, 1827) Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar. x+606 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 234 [details]

original description (of Nephilis Parfitt, 1867) Rep. Devonsh. Ass., 2, no. 1
page(s): 218 [details]

original description (of Nephelis Savigny, 1822) Egypte, 1 (3) (Ann.)
page(s): 117 [details]

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